M 5.1 in Indonesia on 19 Oct 2018 09:19 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1159420
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 3.18 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.2595 , 123.7111
Event Date: 19 Oct 2018 09:19 UTC
19 Oct 2018 17:19 Local
Exposed Population:
1100000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Oct 2018 09:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.8 (Indonesia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
us1000hebj Scaled population (vector) 6.61  
  C1 earthquake 1.54  
  C2 earthquake -0.64  
  Country Vulnerability 0.09  
  INFORM_normalised 0.96  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 391 | About casualties: 21 | Last hour: 0

Indonesia: Central Sulawesi quake, tsunami inflicted US$911 million in ... Tue, 23 Oct 2018 08:35:00 +0200.

By Karina M. Tehusijarana. The earthquake and ensuing tsunami that devastated Central Sulawesi resulted in at least Rp 13.82 trillion (US$911 million) in economic losses, according to National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) data. As of S
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Zahid says Indonesia quake was divine retribution for LGBT activitiesTue, 23 Oct 2018 06:06:00 +0200.

Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says recent earthquake in Indonesia was caused by the LGBT activities in the country. — Picture by Azneal Ishak. KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 ― Opposition leader Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi expressed concerns about e
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Churchgoer whose son is still missing after Indonesia tsunami says he' ... Tue, 23 Oct 2018 04:20:00 +0200.

Reuters Policeman investigate the ruins of the church at Jono Oge village, Sigi, where more than 80 children are believed to have died. The member of a church that was among those badly hit by the earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia last mo
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Valoran en casi 1000 millones de dólares las pérdidas económicas tras ... Tue, 23 Oct 2018 03:10:00 +0200.

Yakarta, 22 oct (RHC) Cerca de 1000 millones de dólares en pérdidas económicas dejaron hasta el momento el terremoto y posterior tsunami que hace tres semanas devastaron la isla indonesia de Célebes. Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, portavoz de la Age
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),